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SJWs & Stuff: dreamingdusk: what “social justice” should be:spreading awareness of...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:17:28 -0400

SJWs & Stuff: dreamingdusk: what “social justice” should be:spreading awareness of...:

what “social justice” should be:

spreading awareness of issues affecting specific groups of people in society

what “social justice” somehow ended up being:

shaming or generalizing anyone who has a different opinion than you

calling people “scum” and telling them to “go…

Let's Find Fitton!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:49:20 -0400

icarusing:

Using references from several episodes of Cabin Pressure, I tried to locate where Fitton would be if it was a real place. Though some of the methods I used to narrow it down are fairly mathematical, some are just based on common sense or interpretation, so don’t take my word as gospel. I just did it for fun!

Our first reference is from episode 3.04, Ottery St. Mary. Martin has to drive a piano 200 miles from Fitton to a small village in Devon called Ottery St. Mary. A 200-mile linear radius of Ottery St. Mary yields thus:

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socialjusticefails: Win.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:47:42 -0400

socialjusticefails:

Win.

wnycradiolab: crowsnestcottage: proper kissing...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:18:14 -0500

wnycradiolab:

crowsnestcottage:

proper kissing procedure.

From Life Magazine, 1942. More info here. Fellas, please note: “The girl should sit on the arm of the chair and the boy should hold her firmly but lightly.”

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Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:06:40 -0500

White People Mourning Romney

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:32:11 -0500

White People Mourning Romney

So, I have a Mystradian family...I'm very proud!

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:45:13 -0500

(My grandparents are visiting me at uni and they're sitting in my room which is covered in Sherlock art, including Doodle's Mystrade poster. My grandfather looks up at it...)
Grampa: Mystrade...isn't that one of the characters?
Me: Not exactly...it's -
Gran: I've explained this to you before, it's a combined name of Lestrade and Mycroft Holmes.
Grampa: Oh yes! I remember!
Me: O_o

explore-blog: Beautiful piece by artist Vincent Kohler depicts...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:44:38 -0400

explore-blog:

Beautiful piece by artist Vincent Kohler depicts the different pieces of wood derived from a log, at once breathtaking and bittersweet. More on the poetics of trees here, more wood-based art here.

(↬ Kottke)

red hands, red ribbons: TW: fictional depictions of violence (incl. serial killers like Dexter), racism/white supremacy in media

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:40:53 -0400

red hands, red ribbons: TW: fictional depictions of violence (incl. serial killers like Dexter), racism/white supremacy in media:

suaveperochingona:

The Unapologetic Afro-Indigenous Radical Feminist: The Glorification of White Crime

Take a facet of crime, and then look at television shows/movies that feature those criminals as protagonists.

White mobs.

White pirates.

White serial killers.

…

This is fascinating. I had never thought of it before. Thanks for the education!

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Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:12:18 -0400

queerbois: :: TMI |Trans Masculine Information :: Buck Angel’s...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:56:05 -0400

queerbois:

:: TMI |Trans Masculine Information ::

Buck Angel’s brand new FtM dating site has been making news; I really enjoyed this piece from The Huffington Post. Buck talks about how he met his wife via the Internet 10 years ago. I love how he commits so much of his energy on making things happen for other Trans men. - Sorcha Murnane

I love Buck Angel so much.

When my younger sibling gets engaged before me

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:46:29 -0400

myfriendsaremarried:

Accurate.

'Nazi Buddha originally from space'

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:15:17 -0400

Looks like somebody at the BBC News site had fun writing a headline.

You can read all about Nazi Buddha From Space here.

And go check out the Tumblr of bakazaru7 who alerted me to the existence of this headline.

The word "bugger" derives from misinformation about a group of Medieval French heretics.

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:53:00 -0400

The Cathars, also known as the Albigensians, were a gnostic movement centered in Languedoc, and were active from the 11th to the 13th centuries. Their orthodox enemies (falsely) accused them of transgressive sexual practices, including the traditional Big No-No: sodomy.* The Albigensian heresy had historical and philosophical ties to heretical movements in Bulgaria, so the Cathars were popularly called Bulgarians—or bougres, in Old French.

Talk of the bougres of Languedoc filtered to England via the Normans, and over the years the unspeakable bougre vice became known as buggery.

So for their contributions to the development of the word “bugger,” you can thank the Catholic Church, ignorance of basic European geography, and paranoia about what people do with their butts.

*Given that “sodomy” has for centuries been perceived as a grave threat to Life, the Universe, and Everything, it is a perpetually ill-defined alleged danger. Twelfth century chroniclers Orderic Vitalis and William of Malmesbury, for instance, associate fancy court clothes and those curly-toed Medieval shoes with “foul sodomite-things.” But that’s a story for another day.

Source: Mills, Robert. “Male-Male Love and Sex in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500.” In A Gay History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Men Since the Middle Ages, ed. Matt Cook, 1-43. Oxford: Greenwood World Publishing, 2007.

asexual-not-a-sexual: 41 days until the election. Obviously it’s time to get some prObama posters...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:10:58 -0400

asexual-not-a-sexual:

41 days until the election.

Obviously it’s time to get some prObama posters created and tacked all over Portland.

Because I like America. And not being sucked out of airplane windows.

fishingboatproceeds: kenyatta: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 is...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:54:38 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

kenyatta:

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 is National Voter Registration Day.

TurboVote is a non-partisan web service that makes registering to vote as easy as returning Netflix DVDs.

They don’t care who you vote for as long as you give yourself the opportunity to choose who represents you in (US) government.

The whole thing takes less than 5 minutes.

If you’re an American age 18 or older, go do it. Please.

When you aren’t registered, it seems overwhelming. It seems like it isn’t worth it. I remember that feeling from 1996. But it’s not that hard, and few things feel better. It’s worth it. Get registered.

palesexuality: do social justice bloggers go trigger treating

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:01:06 -0400

palesexuality:

do social justice bloggers go trigger treating

Came across these two adjacent status updates from different...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:51:32 -0400

Came across these two adjacent status updates from different people on my Facebook news feed.

everythingispoetry: bbcsherlockheadcanon: Submitted by...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:33:11 -0400

everythingispoetry:

bbcsherlockheadcanon:

Submitted by Anonymous

sashkash: other shaddicted: bakerstreetbabes: ilegzz: …I am...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:42:26 -0400

sashkash:

other shaddicted:

bakerstreetbabes:

ilegzz:

…I am sorry… I am an idiot.

GANGNAM STYLE! ~~Kafers is not sorry about how much she loves this meme.~~

Now somebody make gifs. Or better yet, the whole vid.

Mycroft though.